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Walgreens Just Got Another Piece of Bad News -- Should You Sell Its Stock?

Walgreens Just Got Another Piece of Bad News -- Should You Sell Its Stock?

The problem this time around is another instance of one of the company's bugbears over the last few years: legal settlements pertaining to its filling of opioid drug prescriptions. The latest piece of bad news is that Walgreens agreed on May 17 to a $230 million settlement with the city of San Francisco, which was suing it for lack of sufficient due diligence when it filled prescriptions for opioid medications.